Chloe Amelia Harvel, 12, native of Kingsport, TN and daughter of Joey and Elaine Harvel attended Providence Academy through the fifth grade.  While at Providence, she was chosen to represent the school in many capacities such as the ACSI Math Olympics, Monday Club of Johnson City Poetry Competition honorable mention award for her poem about a gypsy violinist entitled “Her Gypsy Way”, grade level representative at the annual PA Speech Meet, and presenter at the Christian Storytelling Festival.  These diverse experiences have directly impacted her musical interests.  At present, she is home schooled in order to provide more time to pursue her passion…the violin.

At the age of three, she began a relentless campaign to convince her parents to start violin lessons.  From the age of four, an adventure began which has changed her non-musical family’s life forever.  Jane MacMorran was her violin instructor, while studying at the Suzuki Talent Education of Appalachia which shaped her in such a way never dreamed possible.  Her many years of attendance at the Virginia Suzuki Institute and Prelude Chamber Music Camp have filled her with much irreplaceable knowledge.  As of this academic year, Chloe has started violin instruction with Annie Wolaver Dupre of Nashville, TN.  For two years, she has studied theory/piano with Catherine McGlasson of Kingsport, TN.  She has been given the opportunity to receive instruction in master classes from Benedict Goodfriend, Brian Lewis, Stephen Clapp, Masao Kawasaki, and most recently Achim Gerber at the ACMA Sonata Festival.

Fiddling competitions gave Chloe early performance opportunities, which provided her with numerous awards.  She has been a member of the auditioned Symphony of the Mountains Youth Orchestra since the age of seven and is currently serving as assistant concert master.  The Women’s Symphony Committee of the SOTM has named her as a summer music camp scholarship recipient for the past four years and master class participant.  Chloe’s participation in the ACMA Sonata Festival has given her the opportunity to receive acknowledgements including Outstanding Soloist for the years 2007 – 2010, Outstanding Ensemble for 2007 and 2008, and the first place award for the 2010 Concerto Competition.  In 2008, Chloe was selected as first place co-winner of the Bristol Music Club Competition and in 2009 received the first place award for her age division at the Music Academy of North Carolina Violin Competition.  For the past two summers, she has been selected as a featured violinist for the final gala performance at the Fine Arts Summer Academy in Nashville.  She is also a member of the East Tennessee Children’s Choir and was recently selected as a member of the 2011 OAKE National Youth Choir, which will take place this coming March in Minneapolis, MN.
Music has allowed Chloe to gladly serve her community at area churches, weddings, hospitals, nursing homes, and even funeral services.  She has also represented the Symphony of the Mountains at various regional functions.

Chloe’s plans for the future include participation as violinist for a newly formed chamber group in Nashville and hopefully numerous new adventures that only music could provide.